Market Research
According to Wikipedia: the process of systematically gathering, recording and analyzing data and information about customers, competitors and the market.
Market Research sites:
http://web-japan.org/trends/index.html Trends in Japan!http://whatjapanthinks.com What Japan thinks provides surveys and opinion polls.
http://www.yanoresearch.com Yano Research is a private company offering market research and market entry assistance.
http://www.tdb.co.jp/english Teikoku Databank is private company offering market research and a substantial database of Japanese corporations.
http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/index.html RIETI is a research institute of Economy, Trade and Industry focusing on Japan.
http://www.mizuho-sc.com/en/index.html Mizuho's English Language web site of Listed Japanese Companies and business information.
http://www.japaninc.net Japan Inc. offers trends and news about the Japanese business world.
http://www.japantoday.com Japan Today is general Japanese newspaper and it also provides business trends.
A fact about Market Research
Japanese people are fickle about certain trends (eg. fashion) but as one of the worlds largest economic powers their consumer trends should be closely monitored. For example, certain foreign goods are received well by the Japanese public.
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